Casino Royale
I'm not really a huge fan of the bond series but I find myself unable to form an intelligent argument as to "why". I just don't like the older movies. They haven't aged well--the directing, acting, writing, action sequences are all severely dated and the scenarios Bond gets put in are, for better or for worse, ridiculously easy to win and net the girl in the process. My point being the Bond's of old never felt like actual characters but moreover faceless plotpoints in order to drive the same action movie cliche forward.
So Casino Royale comes along and I reluctantly watched it. But, to my surprise, its probably the best Bond movie I will see or ever will see. Its a very long, open ended, "intelligent" action movie. Bond is an actual character and pretty damn well acted, Eva Green plays an excellent hero turned villain and as a bonus is pretty hot if you ask me, and the villain--while obsurdly cliche down to the very last eye scar--is pretty sweet. I like the amount of detail they put into MI6, "M" and Bond's relationship, Mr White, the side characters and the general broad scope of things. Its a near 3 hour movie packed to the minute with action sequences, decent writing, decent characters and a good backdrop/lore. Its an actual spy movie and not a romp around an impossible scenario with stupid batman-esque gadgets and terribly shit writing. If spy thrillers/action movies is minorly in your interest then I'd just about recommend this, if it weren't for the length and amount of pre-emptive interest it requires. (The amount of lore/tech speak/action is not easy to get into and requires a paticular mindset)
The actual game of poker is fun as shit to watch for some reason too. The pacing and tension in this act of the movie is great.
Final rating, I'd guess, would be around a 7/10.